One blast hit the area near a shrine and an hour later another occured near the residence of the governor of the Nangarhar Province.
The attack occured at 8:30 a.m. local time (3:30 GMT).
According to reports, one of the attackers detonated his suicide vest in a line of people waiting to receive their salaries at a private bank, 60 meters away from the scene of the first explosion.
Afghan Police stands guard in the blast scene #Jalalabad eastern #AFG pic.twitter.com/Ma1cBY5z4u
— Bashir Safi (@BashirSafiTKG) 18 апреля 2015
The Ministry of Internal Affairs condemned the attacks and said security forces located another two explosive devices near the scene of the first blast and detonated it.
Moments a go Pres. Ghani arrived in #Badakhshan, he condemns this cowardly and heinous terrorist attack on civilians in #Jalalabad.
— Ashraf Ghani (@ashrafghani) 18 апреля 2015
One more explosion of a magnetic bomb on a civilian car took place in the province's Behsood district later, killing one person and injuring another.
A spokesman for the Islamic State in the region said the group took responsiblity for the blast at the shrine.
Shaidullah Shahid a spokesman for #ISIS in the region in a text message climes responsibility of a blast in shrine in #Jalalabad city.
— Pajhwok Afghan News (@pajhwok) 18 апреля 2015
In their turn, Taliban rejected any responsibility and condemned the attacks.
However, earlier the group warned of assaults due to the presence of foreign military in Afghanistan.
The wounded were hospitalized. Many of them are in critical condition.
#Jalalabad residence are waiting to donate blood for the victims of suicide attack, which left 22 killed,50 injured. pic.twitter.com/QsJxMdY4rZ
— Pajhwok Afghan News (@pajhwok) 18 апреля 2015
The Afghan parliament members passed their condolences to the victims' families.
#ResoluteSupport condemns the tragic killing of civilians from today’s suicide attack in Jalalabad City. http://t.co/QUwb5j8Ax6
— Resolute Support (@ResoluteSupport) 18 апреля 2015
#Jalalabad Photo by @TheKillidGroup Corespondent Yousaf Zarifi after the terrorist attack in Jalalabad #AFG pic.twitter.com/QbXSGCN4ub
— Bashir Safi (@BashirSafiTKG) 18 апреля 2015
